Prior to joining the Asian Development Bank in 2007, Donghyun was a tenured Associate Professor of Economics at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. His main research fields are international finance, international trade, and development economics. His research, which has been published extensively in journals and books, revolves around policy-oriented topics relevant to Asia’s long-term development, including the middle-income trap, service sector development, and financial sector development. Park plays a leading role in the production of the Asian Development
Outlook and Asia Bond Monitor, two major ADB flagship publications. He holds a PhD in economics from UCLA.